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When civil engineering students met to choose their senior capstone design projects, they all wanted to work with The Village at Glencliff (TVG), a respite community of 12 tiny homes for some of Nashville’s most medically vulnerable homeless citizens that provides a safe place to recover after a hospitalization. Read More

Retired General Paul Nakasone, who was named as the founding director of the Vanderbilt Institute for National Security earlier this year, received the 2024 William Oliver Baker Award, given in honor of the former president of Bell Labs and a longtime Presidential science advisor. Nearly 700 intelligence, defense and… Read More

Four engineering faculty members have been selected for spring 2024 Seeding Success internal funding. Their projects are among 13 chosen across seven colleges and schools. This year’s cycle was highly competitive, with 29 applications. All applicants receive tailored feedback from reviewers, regardless of whether their proposals are funded. The engineering… Read More

Vanderbilt researchers have developed an innovative software system incorporating artificial intelligence that aims to improve the efficiency of public transportation for individuals with special needs. The research, led by Abhishek Dubey, associate professor of computer science and electrical and computer engineering, will be presented in a paper… Read More

The founding director of Vanderbilt University’s Institute of National Defense, retired General Paul Nakasone, has been appointed to OpenAI’s Board of Directors as a member of its Safety and Security Committee. Nakasone previously served as commander of U.S. Cyber Command, director of the… Read More

Two Vanderbilt computer science teams made impressive showings in recent competitions involving artificial intelligence and programming skills. The first group—comprised of Vanderbilt undergraduates Jason Hedman, JP Higgins, Vasco Singh, and Jake Underwood—won the Microsoft Generative AI Hackathon April 1 through May 6 for their creation of ChatEDU, a… Read More

During his five years as a special agent with the FBI, Ryan Castle, BE’03, MS’05, was exposed to the inner workings of criminal organizations, particularly the victimization of companies by computer intrusions. Since Castle left law enforcement, the problem has only gotten worse. In 2023, the FBI received a record… Read More

A team of Vanderbilt researchers has developed a wirelessly activated device that mimics the wavelike muscular function in the esophagus and small intestine responsible for transporting food and viscous fluids for digestion. The soft-robotic prototype, which is driven by strong magnets controlled by a wearable external actuator,… Read More

A software system developed by Vanderbilt researchers to help improve operations of Nashville’s public transportation network won “Best Paper” at the 15th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Cyber-Physical Systems (ICCPS), held in Hong Kong May 13-16. Currently, WeGo Nashville has 160 buses that cover 35 routes. However, its ridership is… Read More

Pamela Wisniewski, a Flowers Family Fellow in Engineering and associate professor of computer science has been appointed to the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Information Science and Technology (ISAT) Study Group beginning in August 2024. Pamela Wisniewski The group brings 40 of the brightest scientists and engineers together… Read More